The most recent Kenny Dalglish managerial era at Anfield seems like a distant memory to many of us now, with names such as Andy Carroll and Christian Poulsen sending a mere shudder down the spine when occasionally looking back – but there is one man who did a lot to impress many Reds over that period.
Signing from Newcastle United in August 2011, becoming Dalglish’s fifth summer acquisition in preparation for a first full campaign at the Anfield helm, ex-servant Jose Enrique arguably impressed the most out of all five men bar eventual captain Jordan Henderson – going on to make 99 appearances for the club whilst notching 2 goals and 10 assists from the full back position according to Transfermarkt.
Due to his efforts in Liverpool red, supporters have been singing his praises on Twitter in response to a vote on previous left-backs – with the vast majority of fans claiming Enrique is by far the best out of Alberto Moreno, Aly Cissokho and Jon Flanagan.
Was Jose Enrique money well spent?
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While that isn’t exactly the loftiest of achievements, Reds have still saw fit to heap praise on Enrique’s time at Anfield – drawing particular attention to the fact that he ‘gave everything‘ and was ‘underrated‘.
Find all of their best comments surrounding our former defender here:
An insult to put Enrique in this bracket. He gave everything and would have been more if not for underlining health issues
— XSGLOBAL (@XSGLOBAL_) April 6, 2020
Enrique underrated
— vvk 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@wewekay) April 6, 2020
1. Enrique
2. Moreno
3. Flanagan
4. CissokhoEnrique was mainly solid but had bad luck with injuries, while Moreno had his good spells but just a defensive liability.
Flanno had a great 6 months but was never good enough and Cissokho just god awful.
— Laurie (@LFC_Laurie) April 6, 2020
Enrique should be nowhere near this list
— Mane Madness (@renin_sam) April 6, 2020
Jose all day
— Conor MacGreevy (@Macgreevs) April 6, 2020
Respect Jose Enrique
— J-O (@Jordan81814) April 6, 2020
1️⃣Enrique
2️⃣Moreno
3️⃣Flanagan
4️⃣Cissoko— 𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝙻.𝙵𝙲🔴🦍 (@blackemir1) April 6, 2020
Enrique, class although struggled with injury alot.
Flanno, decent spell. Just dont like him at all.
Moreno. Not a defender, cost us
Cissokho. Hmm.— Jordan ⭐🔴 (@Jordan09A) April 6, 2020